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John Wesley Powell's 1869 expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers and through the Grand Canyon continues to be one of the most celebrated adventures in American history, ranking with the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Apollo landings on the moon. For nearly twenty years Lago has researched the Powell expedition from new angles, traveled to thirteen states, and looked into archives and other sources no one else has searched. He has come up with many important new documents that change and expand our basic understanding of the expedition by looking into Powell's crewmembers, some of whom have been almost entirely ignored by Powell historians. Historians tended to assume that Powell was the whole story and that his crewmembers were irrelevant. More seriously, because several crew members made critical comments about Powell and his leadership, historians who admired Powell were eager to ignore and discredit them.Lago offers a feast of new and important material about the river trip, and it will significantly rewrite the story of Powell's famous expedition. This book is not only a major work on the Powell expedition, but on the history of American exploration of the West.

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How can we determine which economic model best provides for economic development and social welfare? In this major comparative work, noted economist Carmelo Mesa-Lago analyzes three Latin American countries with divergent economic systems: Chile (a market economy), Cuba (socialist), and Costa Rica (mixed). He examines their economic and social policies, shows how these policies affect performance based on a set of socioeconomic variables, and ranks the countries among themselves (using new techniques) and in comparison with international indicators. The time frame of the study embraces thirty-eight years for Costa Rica (under the democratic social democracy) and Cuba (under the socialist revolution) and twenty-four years for Chile (under Pinochet and the return to democracy). Mesa-Lago focuses on the three diverse socioeconomic models that these countries represent during these periods.

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Novela ganadora del Premio Desnivel de Literatura 2020 -El espejo de hielo- es un relato construido a partir de momentos inolvidables e íntimos de la exploradora y alpinista Chus Lago. Algunos han salido de la infancia de la protagonista, otros del final de toda una vida de aventuras. Es la profundidad de un viaje cuando lo desposees del reto y extraes lo extraordinario. En un momento puedes pasar de encontrarte en lo alto del Pamir y en el siguiente párrafo en la isla de Baffin, en la piel de un inuit o en la de los legendarios exploradores polares o incluso astronautas. Este relato es un paseo por los hielos del norte y del sur de la Tierra, los vividos y también los hielos sobre los que otros escribieron, pasando por un café de Katmandú de camino a las altas montañas. Una preciosa historia de amor con el hielo, la nieve y los grandes espacios blancos... Una caricia para el alma. (Ramón Portilla)

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"With its diversity throughout including almost 40 authors from different therapeutic modalities, continents and professional fields the book indeed is both an ‘invitation and challenge’ and a means ‘to aid transcultural therapists in conducting their work in a sensitive and informed manner’. It brings to mind a colourful and well stocked market comprising two parts. The first provides nourishing food for practitioners such as contributions to theory, use of interpreters, training, supervision, research and case studies. The second offers an outstanding exploration of the impact of different cultural backgrounds orchestrated by the editor, whose compilation from a UK perspective might be a useful example for other cultural and language areas. The involved reader will be delighted to have this inspiring handbook to hand."Gerhard Stumm, Ph.D., psychotherapy trainer, Vienna "Therapists pride themselves on cherishing the uniqueness of every client. This book offers a powerful challenge for it plainly demonstrates that a commitment to honouring uniqueness cannot be divorced from a sensitivity to the cultural, racial, spiritual and ethnic differences that clients present in an increasingly multicultural society. Here is an impressive compendium that illuminates the many clinical, training, relational and supervisory issues involved together with the widest range of contributions from diverse cultures that I have ever encountered in one volume. Colin Lago is to be congratulated on editing an invaluable resource which is both stimulating and disturbing in its implications."Brian Thorne, Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of East Anglia and Co-founder of The Norwich CentreThis fascinating book examines recent critical thinking and contemporary research findings in the field of transcultural counselling and psychotherapy. It also explores the effects of different cultural heritages upon potential clients and therapists.The first part of the book reflects the curriculum, context and content of counselling and psychotherapy training courses, with regards to sensitivity to diversity. It covers key issues such as: Implications of identity development for therapeutic work Ethnic matching of clients and therapists Working with interpreters and bi-cultural workers Overcoming racism, discrimination and oppression within the counselling process An overview of current research within this field In the second part, the authors give personal accounts that explore the impact of cultural heritage on people who have moved from their countries of origin to ‘Western’ countries,, such as the UK or the USA.The Handbook of Transcultural Counselling and Psychotherapy will be of immense value to a wide range of readers, including counselling and therapy practitioners, supervisors, trainees, agency managers and colleagues in other therapy-related services. Contributors: Aileen Alleyne, Alison Barty, Anita Chakraborty, Divine Charura, Riccardo Draghi-Lorenz, Patricia Eschoe, Farkhondeh Farsimadan, Tiane Corso Graziottin, Delroy Hall, Fiona Hall, Addila Khan, Indu Khurana, Colin Lago, Courtland C. Lee, Yair Maman, Susan McGinnis, Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga, Roy Moodley, Renate Motschnig, Sheila Mudadi-Billings, GoEun Na, Seamus Nash, Bernie Neville, Yuko Nippoda, Ladislav Nykl, Simon du Plock, Judy Ryde, Antony Sigalas, Harbrinder Dhillon Stevens, Patsy Sutherland, Rachel Tribe, Andrea Uphoff, Valerie Watson, Tony Wright, Jin Wu and Neelam Zahid.

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From the origins of Carl Rogers’ person-centred approach to the cutting-edge developments of therapy today, The Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook charts the journey of an ambitious vision to its successful reality. In this book, Lago and Charura bring together history, theory, research and practice to deliver a complete and unique perspective on the person-centred approach. Key topics include: • The groundbreaking journey of PCA’s early decades, spearheaded by Carl Rogers• Developments and extensions of the original theory and practice• The influence of PCA in developing new therapies and practice• The frontier of contemporary PCA, and therapists' work with client groups of difference and diversityWith its broad view that explores the origins, variations and applications of PCA, The Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook gives a comprehensive overview of the knowledge required and the issues faced by practitioners, making it an important resource for the seasoned and training practitioner alike. "This particularly welcome contribution is distinctive in fostering a contemporary, contextualised and transcultural person-centred practice, edited as it is by two leading UK figures in the field of diversity in counselling and psychotherapy."Review in Therapy Today, October 2016

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In the efficient delivery of local public services, size matters. Many countries around the world have vertical government structures that are perceived as inefficient because of their high levels of jurisdictional fragmentation. This timely volume examines the different strategies used to address local government fragmentation and their observed results and consequences.Expert contributors in economics and political science offer a comprehensive breakdown of the issue of local jurisdiction fragmentation and provide recommendations for successful policy reform. Topics discussed include economies of scale, the costs and benefits of voluntary and forced amalgamation programs, the correlation between government size and corruption, privatization, and inter-municipal cooperation. A combination of theory and empirical evidence provides depth and makes this book an invaluable addition to the literature.Economists, public administrators and political scientists will find much of interest in this innovative volume, as will professors, students and international institutions with an interest in local government structure and reform.Contributors: R. Andrews, G. Bel, N. Charron, B. Dafflon, L. de Mello, B. Dollery, J. Fernández-Albertos, N. Fiorino, E. Galli, J.L. Gómez-Reino, B. Grant, M. Kortt, S. Lago-Peñas, V. Lapuente, J. Martinez-Vazquez, M.A. Nelson, F. Padovano, M.E. Warner

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'To know his work without his talk is "not to know him" ...only when they are side by side is the common origin and aim seen and the complete man displayed.' Thus Thomas Rooke, studio assistant to Burne-Jones, who over four years memorised and recorded much of his master's studio and lunch-table talk. The man revealed with startling freshness and immediacy is far from the familiar painter of knightly melancholy and abstract angels. Burne-Jones emerges as a loveable and charming man, far more practical and down-to-earth, far more witty and ironic than might have been expected. He may still regret that he was not born in the Middle Ages and reminisce about the golden years with William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the 1850's and 60's. But he is still hard at work on his last great collaboration with Morris, the Kelmscott Chaucer, while not hesitating to fulminate about Britain's imperial pretensions and the hypocrisy that accompanied them. And he is unfailingly articulate when it comes to discussing the craft of painting in relation to himself, his contemporaries and the giants of the past. The conversations are edited by Mary Lago, Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia, who also wrote extensively on William Rothenstein, Rabindranath Tagore and E. M. Forster.

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A compelling profile of an emerging Chinese competitor Chinese firms are reinventing their business models, their corporate cultures, and themselves, becoming global competitors who increasingly offer knowledge rather than cheap labour in their quest to join the ranks of the "world's best" companies. This book offers a compelling profile of the most ambitious of these emerging Chinese competitors, the Haier Corporation (the world's largest manufacturer of home appliances), and shares insights on how one organization has repeatedly reinvented its business model and corporate culture in an effort to sustain its success. Reinventing Giants provides an exclusive look within the Haier Corporation and shows how managerial accountability and responsibility have been repositioned at every level of the organization, with the core value of market-centricity, while aligning strategy on each level of management. It includes actual work reports that show this process in detail from the ground up. The authors emphasize how a belief in the liberation of employee talent has consistently been the driving force underlying Haier's success. Includes the remarkable story of Haier's turnaround and how these lessons can be applied to other organizations Contains information for any company grappling with competition in the global marketplace Shows how to liberate employees' talent to drive business success Written by Bill Fischer, Professor of Innovation Management at IMD in Switzerland, Umberto Lago, Professor of Management at Bologna University, Italy, and Fang Liu, Research Associate of IMD Reinventing Giants helps global managers rethink their own business models and accompanying corporate cultures in order to be able to apply Haier's lessons directly to their own organizations.

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?Mirad ?susurró Lirón, y todos siguieron su patita con la vista.De repente algo centelleó en la superficie negroazulada del lago, y vieron el reflejo de una estrella que brilló como una piedra preciosa tras una ondulación enel agua. Fueron apareciendo cada vez más destellos, hasta que finalmente todo el lago resplandeció como en un cuento de hadas bello y misterioso.

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This is the first catalogue raisonne of Frans Post (1612-1680) published in over 30 years. Post is the first trained artist from the Old World to paint landscapes of the Americas. He lived seven years in Brazil (1637-1644) where he painted seven canvases that are highly regarded today and were the subject of an exhibition at the Musee du Louvre in Paris in 2005. Back in Holland he painted another 148 works that have been sought by collectors and museums in the past decades. The book shows all the 155 paintings known to this day, 57 drawings and 35 prints that form his oeuvre. The authors have been joined by four renowned international experts to establish the 'corpus' of authentic works.

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El agua del lago de Chernóbil, tras la terrible explosión de la central nuclear, se ha vuelto radioactiva. Todas las mañanas se extiende sobre las dos orillas una bruma tóxica que te matará si la respiras. Y si no te mata, quizá sea todavía peor, porque te provocará las más horrendas mutaciones que ningún ser humano puede soportar sin volverse loco de dolor o de espanto.En el centro de ese lago radioactivo se levanta un viejo árbol que se resiste a morir. Es un árbol enfermo, lleno de enormes tumores, en el que vive el Mago Dementerio, encadenado a su tronco para siempre.Al caer la noche, llegan los liquidadores y limpian el lago de basura tóxica. Mientras tanto, el cisne negro y el cisne blanco bailan sin música sobre el agua putrefacta. Es un acto de amor. Quizá el último.Porque no hay lugar ya para la esperanza. Porque el lago de Chernóbil es la sala de espera de la muerte.Y ahora os presento a Claudia, la mujer que viene huyendo de algo que no quiere ni nombrar. Su

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UNA NUEVA AVENTURA DE LOS MÍTICOS PERSONAJES DE PEYO!Cansado de trabajar un día tras otro sin descanso, el Pitufo Carpintero se retira a un lago más allá del bosque para tomarse unos días de vacaciones. Cuando el resto de pitufos se entera de las ventajas de pasar unos días lejos del estrés de la aldea pitufa, quieren ir con él al lago, por lo que tendrán que construir y organizar una zona de vacaciones para que todo el mundo pueda disfrutar de unos días de fiesta.HISTORIA INÉDITA EN ESPAÑOL.

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Encuadernación: RústicaTres amigas se encuentran durante el verano a orillas del lago Dragonfly, en Nueva Inglaterra.Cada una acude por un motivo y busca algo distinto.Morgan O?Keefe se encuentra atrapada en una jaula de oro. Con treinta años y un bebé precioso, siente sin embargo que algo le falta, pues ha tenido que abandonar una carrera científica que le apasionaba para cuidar de su hijo, prácticamente sola, ahora que su marido pasa casi dieciséis horas al día en la oficina. Tiene una casa preciosa, pero su vida social es casi nula, echa de menos su trabajo y a Josh, que llega demasiado cansado a casa.Natalie Reynolds acepta la oferta de su tía para pasar un año en la casa que esta tiene junto al lago. Apasionada de la pintura, sueña con convertirse en la artista que siempre ha querido ser. Sin embargo, en el lago Dragonfly todo son sorpresas, y para una nadadora poco hábil como ella, la mayor es verse rescatada de las aguas por un guapo vecino, Ben.Bella Barnaby

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Este libro recoge una serie de entrevistas realizadas a Emilio Carrillo por Nagual, Chamán de los Anu-kui-ghanos, una pequeña comunidad ubicada en Wiñaymarca, la ?Ciudad Eterna? del Lago Titicaca, de la que ese pueblo es ?guardián? desde épocas ancestrales.

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Ven y disfruta de la naturaleza con Pelusa, Pelón y Pinchón!Pelusa descubrirá cómo nace una planta, Pelón evitará que sus amigos se mojen en el lago y Pinchón recogerá frutos silvestres para preparar una tarta entre todos. Los tres amigos siempre aprenden algo nuevo!

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Mickey, Minnie y sus amigos han decidido ir de vacaciones al lago, pero cómo llegarán hasta allí? En coche? En tren? En bicicleta? Será mejor que cada uno escoja su vehículo favorito!

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Antes de llegar a la prisión de Abashiri para encontrarse con el artífice de los tatuajes, la compañía de Sugimoto hace un alto en el lago Kussharo con tan mala fortuna de caer en la trampa de un grupo de bandidos ciegos encabezado por uno de los presos

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Gracias a las piezas musicales de este libro y a sus maravillosasilustraciones, los más pequeños descubrirán sus primeros ballets.6 botones musicales de larga duración, con botón de encendido y apagado.El Cascanueces, Els lago de los cisnes, Romeo y Julieta, Don Quijote, La Bella Durmiente, Copelia

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Un montón de peces muertos han aparecido a las orillas del lago. Mientras los primos investigan cuál puede ser la causa, se ven misteriosamente transportados a una aldea llena de fantasmas que esperan algo de ellos, pero qué será?

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El descubrimiento de las Fuentes del Nilo, la expedición Malaspina, las visitas de tribus vikingas a tierras del Guadalquivir, Blas de Lezo, el Lago Español... y otros acontecimientos singulares que permanecen olvidados en la Historia de España. Muc

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Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the dynamics of political and economic decentralization in contemporary regimes, this comprehensive Handbook offers a critical examination of how the decentralization of governance affects citizen well-being.Expert contributors provide an analysis of theoretical developments and empirical approaches in the study of decentralization, exploring how decentralization is conceptualized and measured. Chapters examine central topics including how the degree and type of decentralization varies over time and across countries, how political decentralization affects the behaviour of parties and voters, and the social and economic consequences of decentralizing power. Offering a comparative perspective, the Handbook utilizes insightful international case studies from Latin America, North America, Western Europe and Asia. Attention is also paid to the impact of the Great Recession of 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic on intergovernmental relations. This Handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of political geography and geopolitics, regulation and governance, and international politics. It will also be useful for practitioners in these fields who are interested in decentralization.

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Can therapy involving a therapist and client from differing cultural, ethnic and racial origins work? What are the main barriers to this relationship working well? What knowledge, skill and attitudes are required by therapists to enhance their work with “different” clients? Therapists are inevitably affected by their own backgrounds, experiences and prejudices, which may manifest negatively within therapeutic relationships with clients of different cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds to their own. This book strives to explore these areas of challenge to successful therapy and to raise awareness of the many facets that may impact upon the relationship. This substantially revised edition builds upon the foundations laid down in the first edition (which addressed, amongst other subjects, issues of race and power, cultures and their impact upon communication, and a review of the dominant theoretical discourses influencing counselling and psychotherapy and how these might impact upon mixed identity therapeutic relationships,) and includes the following additions: New chapters by black and white writers working within British, American and Canadian contexts Updated information on recent changes and challenges in the field New approaches to the issues of whiteness and power, multiple identities and identity development Race, Culture and Counselling provides key reading for students, therapists, supervisors and teachers of therapists as well as students and professionals in allied professions such as social work, nursing, medicine and teaching. Contributors: Courtland Lee; Roy Moodley; Gill Tuckwell; Val Watson

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